Bull prospect, Weeli Wolli Creek Area, East Pilbara Shire, Western Australia, Australia
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 23° 6' 50'' South , 119° 6' 0'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -23.11389,119.10000 |
GeoHash: | G#: qeusw0jzz |
Locality type: | Prospect |
Köppen climate type: | BWh : Hot deserts climate |
Located 3.8 kilometres west of the old Wonmunna copper workings.
Mineralisation is exposed in a small creek. Shows zones of cuprite, malachite, and chrysocolla veinlets, up to 30 cms thick, extending across a length of 25 metres. The host is pale grey slate, with carbonate rich beds, dipping 65-75 degrees south. Costeaned by Amax in 1964.
Marston states that the mineralisation is unimpressive.
The Mindat co-ordinates are approximate.
Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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Siderian - Neoarchean 2300 - 2800 Ma ID: 3185955 | Archean-Paleoproterozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks Age: Precambrian (2300 - 2800 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Hamersley Group Comments: Hamersley Basin Lithology: Strataform assemblage(s); felsic volcanic rocks; chert,carbonate,iron formation,shale Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Archean 2500 - 4000 Ma ID: 698168 | Fortescue Group - mafic intrusions Age: Archean (2500 - 4000 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Fortescue Group Description: Metadolerite, dolerite, gabbro; medium to coarse grained, massive grey-green rock, usually foliated Comments: igneous mafic intrusive; synthesis of multiple published descriptions Lithology: Igneous mafic intrusive Reference: Raymond, O.L., Liu, S., Gallagher, R., Zhang, W., Highet, L.M. Surface Geology of Australia 1:1 million scale dataset 2012 edition. Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia). [5] |
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